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were verified by your own Officers, and details as to the condition
of the premises complained of were laid before the Sanitary
Committee by Mr. Foot. By direction of the Committee,
"proceedings" under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
were authorised, and the nuisances were abated in due course.
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT,
1890 AND 1891.
I received applications for certificates under this Act for 365
separate tenements during the year; 335 certificates were granted;
the remaining 30 were refused, as due provision had not in my
opinion been made for the sanitary requirements of the tenants.
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PUBLIC
HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
Two thousand seven hundred and seventy-four statutory notices
were served, and each of these was preceded by an intimation
notice, as required by sec. 3. One hundred and thirty summonses
were taken out at Worship Street, but as 39 of the defendants had
completed the work before the hearing, they were simply ordered
to pay costs; five were fined, and abatement orders were made
against 26. Thirty-five summonses were withdrawn, the work
having been completed and the costs paid before the date of hearing.
The remainder of the summonses are returnable in 1899.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT,
1875 TO 1879.
One hundred and forty-six samples were taken, and submitted to
Mr. Stokes, the analyst; 36 of these were found to be adulterated,
including 27 of butter, eight of milk, and one of mustard. Proceedings
in respect of all the adulterated samples were taken, and
the vendors, without exception, were cast either in penalties or
costs, and a sum of £150 os. 6d. was recovered and paid to the
Vestry's account. Particulars of all these cases will be found in
Mr. Foot's report.